Systems Engineer, Navigation

Flight Test and Certification

Santa Cruz, CA, United States

Joby Aviation is looking for a passionate engineer that can join our growing team. This is a multidisciplinary position that provides the engineer a chance to interact with many of the key teams within the company. The Systems Engineers will own the architecture, integration, and life-cycle success of a single or multiple aircraft systems, ranging from requirements management, development, certification, and entry into service. Systems Engineers will coordinate between the various departments - Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Software, Flight Test, Manufacturing, Operations - as necessary to ensure the technical success of their systems. The Systems Engineers will work very closely with FAA Engineers and Joby DERs to ensure their responsible systems comply with all federal airworthiness regulations.

This position requires a solid understanding of aircraft systems, system development, and industry specific certification processes. The most important traits at Joby are attitude towards the project, hard work ethic, and being able to self-manage and learn new skills. Forward thinking and thriving in a face-paced environment are highly regarded as well.

The Systems Engineer, Navigation will be responsible for some or all systems related to:

System 34 – Navigation

System 92 – Radar

System 93 – Surveillance

Responsibilities:

Generate, review, approve, and manage system requirements – including but not limited to regulatory, safety, human factors, design, environmental, manufacturing, quality, operational, and service requirements

Serve as the system-level expert for integration and coordination activities with various departments and the certification authorities

Conduct multi-disciplinary design reviews throughout the different phases of development, certification, and production readiness as required to coordinate and communicate system design projects

Conduct trade studies, analyses, and test programs as necessary to validate system architectures meet all requirements

Generate, review, and approve

System safety analyses, such as FHAs, FTAs, CCAs, etc.

Engineering drawings, schematics, and design specifications

System and equipment test plans and reports

Compliance documentation

System engineering processes

Coordinate as required to execute and manage system design projects, testing, certification, production readiness, etc.

Work with various company departments to ensure equipment and low-level designs meet all system and aircraft-level requirements.